High Energy Planet Podcast
1) Matthew Yglesias: Foreign Aid, Climate Politics, and Plastic Straws
For the last episode of Season 4, Rose and Katie are joined by Matthew Yglesias, journalist and author of the Substack, Slow Boring. They cover everything from the value and political future of US for...Show More
2) Ken Opalo: Why Growth Must Be at the Center of Africa’s Future
Ken Opalo, associate professor at Georgetown University and author of An Africanist Perspective, joins the show to discuss what’s really behind chronic underinvestment in Africa’s power sector, what U...Show More
3) Katie and Rose on the Future of Foreign Aid
Rose and Katie unpack the fallout from the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and what it means for global energy investment and energy access. Drawing on their experience in US government, t...Show More
4) Kanika Chawla: Clean Energy for Development, Not Just Decarbonization
Kanika Chawla, Chief of Staff at SEforALL, joins Rose and Katie to discuss what to expect from the 2025 SEforALL Global Forum, how SEforALL builds trust with governments, and what’s next for SDG7. Plu...Show More
5) Faten Aggad: Building Africa’s Policy Negotiation Power
Faten Aggad, the founder and executive director of the African Future Policies Hub, discusses the future of climate diplomacy, Africa’s green industrialization, and how she’s helping build Africa’s po...Show More
6) Special Episode: Ramsey Day on the Future of Energy Poverty Under Trump
What might a second Trump presidency mean for energy access and energy investment? In this special episode, we share a recent conversation between Katie and Ramsey Day, former Trump official and curre...Show More
7) Mark Thurber: Renewables Are Changing the Rules of the Game
Mark Thurber, associate director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, comes on the show to discuss the unique challenges of integrating renewables in energy markets, why he believes w...Show More
8) Kate Steel: On a Mission for Universal Energy Access
Kate Steel, co-founder and CEO of Nithio, a start-up focused on financing clean energy companies and informing climate investments in Africa. In this episode, Kate talks with Katie and Rose about how ...Show More
9) Joel Nana: There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Energy Transition
Joel Nana, program manager at Sustainable Energy Africa and Hub fellow, joins the show to talk about climate action planning, the importance of energy planning at a subnational level, and Africa’s sol...Show More
10) The High Energy Rewind: Season 3 Highlights with Katie and Rose
Welcome to the last episode of Season 3! Hosts Rose Mutiso and Katie Auth sit down together to revisit their favorite moments from the past season. They share standout clips from this season’s intervi...Show More